AIR WAR IN AFRICA
DESTRUCTION OF ENEMY MACHINES. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day. 10.59 a.m.) RUGBY, August 2. A Cairo communique states: "During two raids on Chinele. the result of which is not yet known, our bombers were engaged by enemy fighters, one of which is believed to have been destroyed. On .their return journey, our bombers sighted three enemy bombers attacking Zeilah, in British Somaliland. Our aircraft immediately attacked. One enemy machine was shot, down in flames and another was last seen with black smoke coming from one engine."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 August 1940, Page 6
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91AIR WAR IN AFRICA Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 August 1940, Page 6
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